In the South, Memorial Day is known by another
name, Decoration Day. It’s when you drive out to the country with your
family to flowers on your kinfolk’s graves. For me, it brings back the
memory of riding in my dad’s Pontiac Parisienne with my grandmother
Lizzie and my granddaddy Pete up Highway 153 to Meigs County, Tennessee, to
the little white temple of Mt. Olivet Baptist Church where my grandmother’s
people were buried...

When Derek informed me that he wanted to review
the Drive By Truckers' Decoration Day for our Memorial Day post,
he asked me what wine I thought we should pair with it. I was at a loss. Wine
and record pairing is certainly not a science, but is there really a wine
that pairs well with Southern Rock? It seemed to me that wine wasn't the right
choice at all, that this kind of music makes one want to drink beer and take
slugs of whiskey...